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In law, a resolution is a motion, often in writing [note 1], which has been adopted by a deliberative body (such as a corporations' board and or the house of a legislature). An alternate term for a resolution is a resolve .
A United Nations resolution (UN resolution) is a formal text adopted by a United Nations (UN) body. Although any UN body can issue resolutions , in practice most resolutions are issued by the Security Council or the General Assembly , in the form of United Nations Security Council resolutions and United Nations General Assembly resolutions ...
Resolution 60/7: designated the International Holocaust Remembrance Day [12] 2006 Resolution 60/285: The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Resolution 61/106: Adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [13] 2007 Resolution 61/295: Establishes the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said Security Council resolutions are international law, “so to that extent they are as binding as international law is.” Experts say whether a resolution is ...
The term "resolution" does not appear in the text of the United Nations Charter, which instead uses different formulations, such as "decision" and "recommendation". The UN Charter authorizes the Security Council to take action on behalf of all members of the United Nations, and to make decisions and recommendations.
At Italy's instigation, a resolution for a moratorium on the death penalty was presented by the European Union in partnership with eight co-author member States to the General Assembly of the United Nations, calling for general suspension (not abolition) of capital punishment throughout the world.
The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, also known as the Resolution on Admitting Peking, [1] was passed in response to the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1668 that required any change in China's representation in the UN be determined by a two-thirds vote referring to Article 18 [2] of the UN Charter.
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